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Katherine Mansfield

2012-01-16T15:41:56Z

Frahe:

1888-1923. Modernist author, most famous for her short stories.

Katherine Mansfield was born in Wellington/New Zealand on the 14th of October 1888 as Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp, daughter of two Australians who immigrated to New Zealand. Her father, Harold Beauchamp, is a successful banker, that way, Katherine’s family leads a rich and wealthy life.

Already during her childhood and later adolescence, Katherine gets to know Great Britain and even lives there for three years, when attending a British girl’s school.

Katherine loves to write and in 1908, she finally leaves her mother country and emigrates to London. Only when leaving her home and her family, she thinks, she is able to become a real writer. In London, she leads the life of a rebellious artist. Here, she also comes across the [[Suffragists|suffragist]] movement and she gets to know [[Virginia Woolf]], a famous writer herself, who soon becomes one of her closest friends, but also one of her hardest rivals.

In 1912, when she is 24, she marries John Middleton Murry who also writes. During that time, Mansfield’s health degrades and in 1918, she is diagnosed with tuberculosis. Katherine does not feel good, her illness makes her struggle. She finally decides to leave London in order to recuperate in the sunny and southern climate of San Remo. However, the atmosphere of the health resort of San Remo does not make her feel good either. She feels lonely, is even hunted by hallucinations.

On the 9th of January 1923, Katherine Mansfield dies in Fontainbleau/France.

'''Bibliography:'''

Citati, Pietro. 1982. ''Katherine Mansfield. Beschreibung eines Lebens''. Frankfurt am Main: Europäische Verlagsanstalt.

Tomalin, Claire. 1990. ''Katherine Mansfield. Eine Lebensgeschichte''. Frankfurt am Main: Wagner.

Katherine Mansfield

2012-01-16T15:41:14Z

Frahe:

1888-1923. Modernist author, most famous for her short stories.

Katherine Mansfield was born in Wellington/New Zealand on 14 October 1888 as Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp, daughter of two Australians who immigrated to New Zealand. Her father, Harold Beauchamp, is a successful banker, that way, Katherine’s family leads a rich and wealthy life.

Already during her childhood and later adolescence, Katherine gets to know Great Britain and even lives there for three years, when attending a British girl’s school.

Katherine loves to write and in 1908, she finally leaves her mother country and emigrates to London. Only when leaving her home and her family, she thinks, she is able to become a real writer. In London, she leads the life of a rebellious artist. Here, she also comes across the [[Suffragists|suffragist]] movement and she gets to know [[Virginia Woolf]], a famous writer herself, who soon becomes one of her closest friends, but also one of her hardest rivals.

In 1912, when she is 24, she marries John Middleton Murry who also writes. During that time, Mansfield’s health degrades and in 1918, she is diagnosed with tuberculosis. Katherine does not feel good, her illness makes her struggle. She finally decides to leave London in order to recuperate in the sunny and southern climate of San Remo. However, the atmosphere of the health resort of San Remo does not make her feel good either. She feels lonely, is even hunted by hallucinations.

On 9 January 1923, Katherine Mansfield dies in Fontainbleau/France.

'''Bibliography:'''

Citati, Pietro. 1982. ''Katherine Mansfield. Beschreibung eines Lebens''. Frankfurt am Main: Europäische Verlagsanstalt.

Tomalin, Claire. 1990. ''Katherine Mansfield. Eine Lebensgeschichte''. Frankfurt am Main: Wagner.

Katherine Mansfield

2011-12-16T18:09:39Z

Frahe:

1888-1923. Modernist author, most famous for her short stories.

Katherine Mansfield is born in Wellington/New Zealand on the 14th of October in 1888 as Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp, daughter of two Australians who immigrated to New Zealand. Her father, Harold Beauchamp, is a successful banker, that way, Katherine’s family leads a rich and wealthy life.

Already during her childhood and later adolescence, Katherine gets to know Great Britain and even lives there for three years, when attending a British girl’s school.

Katherine loves to write and in 1908, she finally leaves her mother country and immigrates to London. Only when leaving her home and her family, she thinks, she is able to become a real writer. In London, she leads the life of a rebellious narrator. Here, she also comes across the suffragist movement and she gets to know Virginia Woolf, a famous writer herself, who soon becomes one of her closest friends, but also one of her hardest rivals.

In 1912, when she is 24, she marries John Middleton Murry who also writes. During that time, Katherine’s health degrades and in 1918, she is diagnosed with tuberculosis. Katherine does not feel good, her illness makes her struggle. She finally decides to leave London in order to recuperate in the sunny and southern climate of San Remo. However, the atmosphere of the health resort of San Remo does not make her feel good either. She feels lonely, is even hunted by hallucinations.

On the 9th of January in 1923, Katherine Mansfield dies in Fontainbleau/France.

'''Bibliography:'''

Citati, Pietro. 1982. Katherine Mansfield. Beschreibung eines Lebens. Europäische Verlagsanstalt, Frankfurt am Main.

Tomalin, Claire. 1990. Katherine Mansfield. Eine Lebensgeschichte. Wagner, Frankfurt am Main.

Katherine Mansfield

2011-12-16T18:08:58Z

Frahe:

1888-1923. Modernist author, most famous for her short stories.

Katherine Mansfield is born in Wellington/New Zealand on the 14th of October in 1888 as Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp, daughter of two Australians who immigrated to New Zealand. Her father, Harold Beauchamp, is a successful banker, that way, Katherine’s family leads a rich and wealthy life.

Already during her childhood and later adolescence, Katherine gets to know Great Britain and even lives there for three years, when attending a British girl’s school.

Katherine loves to write and in 1908, she finally leaves her mother country and immigrates to London. Only when leaving her home and her family, she thinks, she is able to become a real writer. In London, she leads the life of a rebellious narrator. Here, she also comes across the suffragist movement and she gets to know Virginia Woolf, a famous writer herself, who soon becomes one of her closest friends, but also one of her hardest rivals.

In 1912, when she is 24, she marries John Middleton Murry who also writes. During that time, Katherine’s health degrades and in 1918, she is diagnosed with tuberculosis. Katherine does not feel good, her illness makes her struggle. She finally decides to leave London in order to recuperate in the sunny and southern climate of San Remo. However, the atmosphere of the health resort of San Remo does not make her feel good either. She feels lonely, is even hunted by hallucinations.

On the 9th of January in 1923, Katherine Mansfield dies in Fontainbleau/France.

Citati, Pietro. 1982. Katherine Mansfield. Beschreibung eines Lebens. Europäische Verlagsanstalt, Frankfurt am Main.

Tomalin, Claire. 1990. Katherine Mansfield. Eine Lebensgeschichte. Wagner, Frankfurt am Main.

Leonard Woolf

2011-12-03T13:36:37Z

Frahe:

1880-1969. Writer, critic and together with his wife [[Virginia Woolf]] owner of the Hogarth Press, which printed many seminal modernist texts, among them, T.S. Eliot's ''The Waste Land'' (1922) and the collected works in English by Sigmund Freud.

Leonard Woolf is born in 1880 as one of nine children. His father, Sydney Woolf, is a Jewish lawyer, his mother, Marie de Jongh, whose parents are Jewish too, originally comes from Holland. Both live in Britain.

When Leonard’s father dies in 1892 (Leonard is only 12 years old and his youngest sibling is just three years old), the live of the Woolf family changes dramatically. Leonard’s mother has to sell their home in order to move into a smaller house. Money is rare. However, together with his siblings Edgar, Cecil and Philip, Leonard gets a scholarship. Thus, from 1894 to 1899, Leonard gets the chance to attend St. Paul’s School and later even studies at Trinity College in Cambridge. There, he joins the so called Cambridge Apostles.

During his time at Trinity College, he gets to know his future wife Virginia Stephen. They are around thirty years old, when they marry in 1912. The couple makes its living through writing. As a result, during their marriage, Leonard writes seventeen books. His first novel, “The Village in the Jungle”, is published one year after their marriage. Only few years after their marriage, Virginia and Leonard become owners of the above mentioned Hogarth Press.

During their years together, Virginia suffers from sever depressions. Leonard tries to look as well after her as possible. But when Leonard is sixty years old, Virginia commits suicide and drowns herself in River Ouse.

Even though Leonard continues his writings after Virginia’s death, he only published one book, called “Principa Politica”. In 1953 however, Leonard starts to write his own autobiography. Sixteen years later, in 1969, Leonard, who is now 89 years old, dies after a high fever.

'''Bibliography:'''

Woolf, Leonard. 1988. Mein Leben mit Virginia. Erinnerungen. Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt, Frankfurt am Main.

Spater, George/Parsons, Ian. 2002. Portät einer ungewöhnlichen Ehe. Virginia und Leonard Woolf. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main.

Leonard Woolf

2011-12-03T13:34:08Z

Frahe:

1880-1969. Writer, critic and together with his wife [[Virginia Woolf]] owner of the Hogarth Press, which printed many seminal modernist texts, among them, T.S. Eliot's ''The Waste Land'' (1922) and the collected works in English by Sigmund Freud.

Leonard Woolf is born in 1880 as one of nine children. His father, Sydney Woolf, is a Jewish lawyer, his mother, Marie de Jongh, whose parents are Jewish too, originally comes from Holland. Both live in Britain.

When Leonard’s father dies in 1892 (Leonard is only 12 years old and his youngest sibling is just three years old), the live of the Woolf family changes dramatically. Leonard’s mother has to sell their home in order to move into a smaller house. Money is rare. However, together with his siblings Edgar, Cecil and Philip, Leonard gets a scholarship. Thus, from 1894 to 1899, Leonard gets the chance to attend St. Paul’s School and later even studies at Trinity College in Cambridge. There, he joins the so called Cambridge Apostles.

During his time at Trinity College, he gets to know his future wife Virginia Stephen. They are around thirty years old, when they marry in 1912. The couple makes its living through writing. As a result, during their marriage, Leonard writes seventeen books. His first novel, “The Village in the Jungle”, is published one year after their marriage. Only few years after their marriage, Virginia and Leonard become owners of the above mentioned Hogarth Press.

During their years together, Virginia suffers from sever depressions. Leonard tries to look as well after her as possible. But when Leonard is sixty years old, Virginia commits suicide and drowns herself in River Ouse.

Even though Leonard continues his writings after Virginia’s death, he only published on book, called “Principa Politica”. In 1953 however, Leonard starts to write his own autobiography. Sixteen years later, in 1969, Leonard, who is now 89 years old, dies after a high fever.

'''Bibliography:'''

Woolf, Leonard. 1988. Mein Leben mit Virginia. Erinnerungen. Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt, Frankfurt am Main.

Spater, George/Parsons, Ian. 2002. Portät einer ungewöhnlichen Ehe. Virginia und Leonard Woolf. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main.